Patient&#39;s bedease



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Patented Feb. 12, 1952 ottamigxjfis'aziia HenryAiKbraa, relicannapias;Min'iiI i 5 tpue i il am el, 194e;;seriarN-e: 7s; 74e

SClaiinli (CL 5-311) This" invention relates patients lying;- in beds toraise themselves to a?- sitting. position. i V

An object of this inventionds to 'provide adee; vicefor attachment to:the foot-l-of a-bedrwh-iehcan be normally. disposeddnian upraisedinopera tive position above tlrebm of the patient, and [can be? easilyswungsdownwardly to a substantially horizontal operative position on topof the bed and in a position WheiebSYthepatient may grasp theend-ofthedevice and-,pull himself'upwardly to a sitting position Anotherobject ofthis invention is to provide a device of this kind which can besecured to"the-top railofthe foot of the be'd or any point along: thelength ofthe" railpso'that the .handle or gri'pwmay be grasped;- byeither or bothehands .of the patient.

With the above 'aiidothei'"ob'jbts in view, my inventioii consists inthe a'i raiigement, combi-W nation an'd' details ofconsti iicitioridiscIosdi-in the drawings' and specification-3 and their moreparticularly pointed out in the'appended claims.

Figure 1 is a detailed side elevation of a device constructed accordingto an embodiment of this invention showing the device in operativeposition, and showing the foot of a. bed, the latter being broken awayand partly in vertical section,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device partly brokenaway and in section,

' Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure l,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4--4 ofFigure 1,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure1.

Referringv to the drawing and to numeral I designated generally the footof a bed which is provided with a top horizontally disposed rail I I. Inorder to provide a means whereby a patient lying on the bed may readilypull himself upwardly to a sitting position, I have provided anattachment which is adapted to be secured to the rail I I as will beherein, described, and is adapted to project lengthwise and forwardly toa position whereby the patient lying on the bed may readily grip thedevice for pulling himself upwardly to a sitting position. This deviceincludes a gripping member generally designated as I2 which is formed asa, C-clamp having a stationary jaw I3 carried by a horizontally disposedbar l4 adapted to fit over the bed rail l I and is formed with adependent ar'm I that extends below the axial center line of the railand through which arm a threaded shaft I6 engages. The shaft I6 isprovided at its inner end with a swivel mounted grip- I ping jaw or headI1 adapted to engage the rail II toia: device aidin I andcooperatewiththe j aw 13 'in tightlyg g rippingg *I I An elongated body? I 9is-radapted ;to slidinglw and'pivotally' engagethe back-10f bar I4 oifthe the gripping; member, I 2 onto the rail.--" Tlhe sha'ft I6 hassecured.-to the forward; end'thereof arharie dle or-knob IS'bymeansof-which-the grip may be;

, tightened or loosenedswith respect to the rail clamp I2- andinol-udesia bifurcated rear end--:

which is' adapted to straddle the back-d l an'd the latter is: formed,With an; elongated horizontally body: I 9 is; in an I operativepositiomthis bodyp will be substantially horizontally disposed as shown:

in Figure 1. If it is desired to positionzthe -deviee in an inoperativeposition, the body; I9 may be raised onanangle to thesverticaland--moved rearwardly" to substantially thevdotted linez po'si tionshown in Figure 1-,- Whereby=- theiorward-end gag-e the upper edgeoftheback member; I 4, and hold the body I9 in an upraised position. Thebody I9 is provided with an elongated opening or bore 23 within whichthe rear end of an elongated rod 24 is adapted to rotatably engage. Therod 24 is formed with an annular groove 25 and a set screw 26 isthreaded through the body I9 and is adapted to engage in the groove 25to thereby hold the body I9 against endwise moving in the bore 23 whilepermitting rotary movement of rod 24 relative to the body IS. A secondannular groove 21 is also provided in the body l9 and a second set screw28 is threaded through the body I9 for engagement in the groove 21 andfor holding the rod 24 against endwise movement. The rod 24 may be ofany desired length such that the looped handle or grip 29 carried by theforward end thereof will be positioned in a convenient location forgrasping by the patient when the latter is in reclining position.

A second handle or grip 30 is adjustably carried by the rod 24 beingformed with a shank 3i which is pivotally mounted between the arms 32 ofthe sliding block 33 having an opening 34 within which the rod 24engages. A-pivot bolt 35 extends through the ears 32 and through theshank 3| to thereby pivotally secure the shank 3| to the block 33.Preferably as shown in Figures 1 and 2 the bolt 35 engages through theshank 3| in a position whereby the shank 3| will be slightly tilted whenthe handle 30 is grasped and raised upwardly a slight degree so that theblock 33 will be locked by biting engagement of the ends of the opening34 with the rod 24.

' In the use and operation of this device the this inoperative positionthe inner end of the slot formed by the bifurcations 20'will engage theupper edge of the bar [4' and hold the rod 24 in an upwardly andforwardly inclined position.

When the patient desires to pull himself upwardly to a sitting positionthe rod 24 with the coupling member 19 may be pulled forwardly withrespect to the clamp l2 until the pivot bolt 22 is'at the forward endofthe slot 2|. At this timethe rod 24 will be lying on top of the bedwiththe handle or grip 29 conveniently located with"re'- spect to thepatients hand or hands. The patient may then brace himself by his feetplaced against 7 the foot of the bed and pull himself upwardly to asitting position by gripping the handle or grip 29. It is not, however,necessary for the patient to bracehimself by his feet, as the patientcan also pullhimself up to a sitting position merely by gripping thehandle or grip 29 and exerting the necessary pull. The intermediate oradjustable grip 30 may be alternately or optionally used either at thebeginning of the pulling operation or when the patient is partiallyraised and desires a shorter grip with respect to the rod 24.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of constructionherein disclosed but claim all variations falling within the purview ofthe appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A'device forattachment to the foot of a bed to aid-a reclining personto sit up comprising a C-clamp having a-straight back portion andadapted to be clamped over the upper rail of the foot of the bed, anelongated rod, a handgrasp carried by one end of said rod, and atransverse member carried by an end opposite from said one end of therod and engaging with said straight back portion for pivotally securingthe other end of said rod to the back of the clamp.

2. A device for attachment to the foot of a bed to aid a recliningperson to sit up comprising a c clamp adaptedto be clamped onto theupper rail of the foot of the bed, the back of said clamp having alongitudinally disposed elongated opening, an elongatedrod, a hand graspat one end of said r0d,and means carried by said rod and 'looselyengaging through said opening for pivotally and slidably securing saidrod to said clamp. 3. A device for attachment to the foot of a bed toaid at reclining person to sit up, comprising a,

c-clampr adapted-to be clamped onto the upper rail of the foot of thebed, said C-clamp being formed with a longitudinally extending slidemeans, an elongated rod, a hand grasp carried by one end of said rod, atransverse member carried by said rod and engaging with said slide meansfor pivotally securing the other end of said rod to said clamp, a secondhand grasp, and means securing said second hand grasp-to said rod forendwise adjustment therealong. OTTO B. KJ OS.

HENRY A. KORDA.

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